White River School District students were warned last week of a registered sex offender who has moved into the area. Michael Kenneth Sharp recently was registered as a transient living at a residence in the Prairie Ridge area of the 22000 block of 131st Street Court East.

The Bonney Lake Police Department announced the 2003 Police Department awards on Dec. 16. The awards are voted on by the officers' peers, except for the Outstanding Service Award, which is presented by Chief Bryan Jeter.

The Tacoma/Pierce County DUI Task Force kicked off its 13th annual Night of 1000 Stars on Friday which highlighted the effort by law enforcement agencies across the state in search of drunk, impaired and dangerous drivers.

This week, Public Health - Seattle & King County sponsored a seminar that uses the Toronto experience with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) to highlight the broad legal, policy and health care challenges in preparing for an outbreak of infectious disease or similar public health emergency. Public Health is leading the region in the unprecedented challenge of meeting preparedness and clinical requirements for disease surveillance, mass treatment operations, and for isolation and quarantine protocols and training.